Palm Islanders angered by allegedly "racist" and "vilifying" reports by Channel Nine and the Daily Mail about how they spent $30 million in compensation are lodging a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission.Palm Islanders intend to lodge a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission against Channel Nine and the Daily Mail
Hundreds of members of the North Queensland community received a Queensland Government payout over the 2004 riots, which were sparked by the death in custody of Cameron "Mulrunji" Doomadgee.It followed a damning 2016 Federal Court ruling that Queensland Police had breached the Racial Discrimination Act with the investigation into the death and subsequent unrest on the island, off the coast of Townsville.
"New sports cars with custom paint jobs, luxury boats paid for in cash — a taste of what $30 million of taxpayer money is being spent on," the report said.The Daily Mail followed the story with the headline "How locals have blown much of the $30 million compensation given to them after the Palm Island riots on lavish goods.
Andrea Kyle-Sailor, whose mother was Palm Island's mayor at the time of the riots, signed the document and would be the lead applicant of the potential class action. "We thought we had moved on from all of this stuff ... you just want to move on in your life," Mr Wotton said."It's really nobody's business how they spent the money."
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
the Qld govt did not appeal that's why the $30 mil
Reverting to jungle justice , what a surprise.
i don’t see this as being a waste of money. Going after racist media reporting will benefit all indigenous people not just Palm Island.
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